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Monster Rancher - would you buy It?

I was just thinking, Samurai Pizza Cats was recently announced to have two separate sets, one for dub and one for sub, and a lot of reactions seemed to be either "I'm totally buying at least one, probably the dub" or "I'm totally buying both, but probably the dub first". And Robotech did this for not one, but three Japanese shows (and yes, I totally bought them all in both dub and eventually sub, so I can't even say I wouldn't do it again for sure if it's a show I really like). So, maybe not the ideal solution to get it all out in one chunk, but fans of a show won't mind buying both it seems.

If it actually can be done on one set with separate video feeds, that would be sweet too, but it would certainly make changing from one track to the other difficult. One disc for dub and one for sub in the same set could work (Rental Magica did this with chronological vs broadcast order if I'm not mistaken), but if fans are willing to pay for both, it seems like two sets might be feasible too. But if putting both on there might make the video look less good, people will almost certainly complain (I'm just remembering Toradora here, and heck, the Brony community seems to notice absolutely every single animation error in every episode), so yeah, I'd expect people to go through it with a fine toothed comb now that things don't look like VHSs anymore. It might cost a bit more, but it might also be safer as lots of complaining people will lead to needing to smooth up the discs then replace them (for free) while hurting sales in the interim (Toradora people all demanded disc replacements, and iirc, they got them too), and refusal to attempt to do so will likely result in boycott. Whelp, anyway, that's my 2cents on dub and sub for a series that changes footage.

Since there has been all this talk about distribution costs, would it be more profitable to only use Hulu as the distribution method? Both cuts could be hosted in their entirety without requiring the production of any extra discs. However, I'm not sure if this is a good way to make a profit, and it would naturally leave out those fans without the ability to access a high-speed connection to the Internet. There wouldn't be any need to produce DVDs though, which I'm assuming could cut production costs way down if you really did want to produce both versions of the show. I'm happy with just the dub, to be honest, if it means that I get to see Monster Rancher again.

I'm wondering... Does this have anything to do with you or TMS just decided to do this on their own?

http://www.hulu.com/monster-rancher

I'm awfully confused. I'm very happy that Monster Rancher has come to Hulu, and I admit that I will be watching it there since I always like to keep my anime viewing totally legal. However, does this mean that AmishGramish's previous proposal had nothing to do with it? I don't want to see anyone out of a job, of course, but I am glad that there is a way to view the series again. I'm just concerned that someone might have suffered financially because of all of this.